Qapla
Veteran Member
You could go in between - use a chrome flapper.
My new 5045D was born with a stack that's unfortunately about 6" too tall for my garage, and unfortunately, I needed to hack off the bend on the end of the pipe. I now have a short, straight cut pipe on the tractor, and I'm looking for opinions on how to proceed...Should I leave the pipe as is, with heat sheild in place, and put a rain cap on the pipe (ugly, but cheap,) or remove the heat shield and black pipe and replace with a shiny new chrome turnout pipe(More expensive but cleaner looking)...If I decide to go with the chrome turnout, I'd like to know if anyone has any online suggestions as to where to find one of the appropriate size, as this one's going to need a 2-1/8"I.D. X 24" long. Not having any luck finding that particular size in the usual online sources...any thoughts are appreciated fellas..
P.S. I'll post a pic of the tractor as is when I get home to get your collective creative juices flowing...:laughing:
From your OP it seems you keep the tractor in the garage.You have cut the exhaust so that you can park it there. Why do you need to do anything?
The tractor fits in the garage, it has no cab so I cannot imagine you sitting on it and someone pouring enough water on you that the tractor suffers from an intake via the exhaust. If you are ever caught out in even a sudden downpour the outflow from the exhaust will stop the rain from entering.
If you absolutely must do something - and chrome on a tractor exhaust is just too much "show", then find the lowest point on the exhaust and do what Harry Ferguson did - drill a small hole in the lowest point and any rain (or condensation) will simply drain out.
Your post yesterday at 6.50pm was right - the simplest ideas are the best - and the cheapest. You might, of course, have cut the pipe so that the exhaust fumes blow back in your face - in which case you do need to do something that will cost money.
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ones...I'm going to give this one a little thought and possibly try that tomorrow, will post a few pics of the process is I do it...Thanks.
Too late now but couldn't you have cut the exhaust stack somewhere down on the straight section (retaining the top bend) cut again to length and then rewelded it? Maybe just above the stack's exhaust flange and reweld a new flange thus no break in the stack's body length? I don't know your 5045D exhaust setup so my suggestions could be just wishful wanderings.
Sorry-I missed seeing there was a second page to your post. Your solution with the heat shield looks great.